ENVIRONMENT

Mechanic cops a spray

A MECHANICAL technician was sprayed with fluid and dodged a plug that was hurled from a dump truck in an incident at a New South Wales open cut coal mine.

 The technician was just outside the direct line of fire of the plug.

The technician was just outside the direct line of fire of the plug.

The mechanic removed the plug from the right-hand rear strut of the dump truck believing it was a grease port. The plug was tapped into the chamber of the strut and the technician was using a hand ratchet...

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